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If USA Basketball had its way, Geno Auriemma's reign as coach of its senior national team would mirror that of Pius IX. His sovereignty as pope of the Catholic Church in the 19th century lasted 31 years, the longest of any pontiff in history. However, as loved as this likely makes Geno feel — it is Valentine's Day week, remember — it's just not likely to happen. I distinctly remember him saying in Washington before leaving for London in 2012 that if nominated for a second term as Olympics coach he would not run, if elected he would not serve. Auriemma, 60, loves history. His nose is always in a biography. But he doesn't see himself as FDR. Heck, getting...

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If USA Basketball had its way, Geno Auriemma's reign as coach of its senior national team would mirror that of Pius IX. His sovereignty as pope of the Catholic Church in the 19th century lasted 31 years, the longest of any pontiff in history.
However, as...

WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will send up to 1,500 additional troops to Iraq, more than doubling the size of the U.S. force assisting Iraqi and Kurdish troops battling Islamic State militants, the White House announced Friday.For the first time since U.S....

Each time I hear President Barack Obama assure us that there will be "no boots on the ground" in Iraq or Syria, I think of my husband's Army boots, lying in a heap in the corner of the downstairs study. They're covered in fine dust from his...

NEWARK, Del. — Last Tuesday, the 17 players with the U.S. women's national team had lunch at the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., the site of their three-day training camp that ended Wednesday.They were not alone. They sat among 4,000 midshipmen and...

Washington -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., was one of several lawmakers on Tuesday who tried to pin down top Pentagon officials on the administration's new campaign to target Islamic militants in Iraq and Syria, and they were not satisfied with the...

How do you recognize a military veteran? Really see them, once they're out of military fatigues? No boots and camouflage. After the homecoming is over, with its flags and patriotic speeches and TV cameras and families weeping in relief.
How do you get...

Kevin Ollie and Geno Auriemma are going to the Pentagon to talk strategy.
UConn's national championship coaches will participate in a panel discussion on leadership before 400 servicemen and women Wednesday at 1:30 p.m.
"These pre-eminent coaches...

The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff will give the keynote address at a leadership conference at the Mohegan Sun Convention Center in Uncasville this fall, organizers announced this week.The chairman, U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, will speak on...

Today's Engelhart's View cartoon and also the article " Syria Welcomes Help Against Islamic State" [Aug. 26] both demonstrate how complex the world has become. The Middle East no longer has defined national borders. Rather it is defined by...

Warnings from U.S. officials about the terrorist Islamic State that has established a haven in Iraq and Syria sound ominously like the intelligence alerts that preceded al-Qaida's attack on Sept. 11, 2001.
Richard Ledgett, the deputy director of the...

Sen. Bob Corker: "What is it you're seeking?"
Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff: "I can't answer that, what we're seeking."
— Senate hearing on the use of force in Syria, Sept. 3.
We have a problem. The...

The Senate Intelligence Committee made headlines last week by reporting that the 2012 attack in Benghazi was preventable. But frankly, we knew that. The deeper message of the bipartisan report was that Republicans in Congress wasted a year arguing about...

Late last year, the Air Force began a sweep through its installations around the world looking for items that fell into the broad category of "unprofessional." The investigations found more than 32,000 such treasures. Not a small number of the...

The NFL Scouting Combine ended Monday and the big story from the seven-day event did not change. Electromyography tests confirmed that Jameis Winston is not pregnant.
Wait, I got my Winston red flags mixed up. His right shoulder got the test. His pot...

The brother of an American woman who was killed after spending months as a hostage of Islamic State militants says Kayla Mueller's situation worsened after the government traded five Taliban commanders for a captive U.S. soldier. The militants increased...

The brother of an American woman who was killed after spending months as a hostage of Islamic State militants says Kayla Mueller's situation worsened after the government traded five Taliban commanders for a captive U.S. soldier.
The militants...

Clashes between Iraqi government forces and militants along with attacks in the capital Baghdad killed at least 31 people and wounded dozens on Wednesday, officials said. Heavy clashes erupted in three areas outside the city of Tikrit, which is controlled...

After a year that saw destructive cyberattacks on major U.S. companies, President Obama's call to stiffen America's digital defenses could help bolster the bottom lines of top defense and aerospace contractors facing cutbacks in Pentagon spending.
In his...

WASHINGTON The U.S. congressional panel investigating the 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, said it wants to interview former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and other Obama administration officials. Among 20 current or former officials...

A special House committee looking into the deadly Benghazi, Libya, attacks in 2012 will interview a host of current and former high-ranking Obama administration officials as it speeds the pace of the investigation. The panel's chairman, Rep. Trey Gowdy,...